Grants Received

Funds totaling $64,730 were recently received by the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences (BSNES), the School of Education, the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

• Heather Allen, a graduate student of Dr. Sarah Woodley, BSNES, a $42,730 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, for Investigation of Cell-Type Specific Contributions to Bladder Pain Modulation in the Central Amygdala.
• Dr. Gretchen Generett, School of Education, $15,000, from the John R. and Margaret S. McCartan Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation of Westmoreland County, for the Project Hope Initiative.
• Dr. Rick McCown, School of Education, and Dr. Norm Conti, Liberal Arts, $5,000, from the Opportunity Fund, for Elsinore-Bennu Think Tank Senior Community Outreach.
• SBDC, $2,000, from the Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission, to support the ENGAGE! Program. Rich Longo, director of the SBDC, will administer the award.